The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-19
CITY NOTES.


CITY NOTES.
There was no police court yesterday.
Two or three pretty solid DRINKS were
noticed on the streets yesterday.
There were no sensations of local ma
ture yesterday. Hence these tears!
The hotel registers continue to show
good lists of arrivals and they are doing
fare business.
A wedding will take place in Ocala,
to-day, the contracting parties being the
most prominent members of the society
Of our sister city.
The cool breezes we are now enjoying
are equal to any to be found in the
mountains. Palatka is not bad place
in which to spend the summer, anyway.
Peaches are getting ripe. and our
market will soon be flooded with the
luscious fruit. The crop this year is a
heavy one, and will bring considerable
money to the lucky growers.
we must nave Soulc pdNeu sttcctS ny
next winter. The cost of paving Lemon
street from the river to the railroad
would b but a trifie compared to the
great benefit it would be to the town.
The pupils and teachers of the Acade-
my of the Sacred Heart spent the day
yesterday in East Palatka, where they
held their annual picnic. Quite num-
Der went over, and all enjoyed the day
very much.
On next Sunday the st. Johns and
Halifax Railroad will give its usual Sun
day excursion to Daytona and the Hall
fax coast. The fare for the round trip
will be the same as usual ON excursions
over this road.
On Sunday next, ed inst, the Florida
Southern Railway will give grand ex-
cursion from Gainesville and intermedi-
ate points to st. Augustine. No doubt a
large crowd will go over, as the rates
have been placed down very low for the
round trip.
The various standing committees of
the Palatka Board of Trade hold fire.
quent meetings, and are pushing right
; along in looking after the business they
have in hand. They are doing great
deal of work, which will be made public
in good time.
Messrs. E. ID. Oslin and F. j. Hinson
viii soon begin the publication of the
Register, at Altoona in Orange County.
1t will be a non-political paper devoted
to the material interests of that section,
and will no doubt prove valuable and
profitable publication.
Yesterday one of the negro Sunday
Schools picnicked at Browns Landing,
some five miles above the city. The
steamer Princess lowed a large lighter
filed with the members of the school up
to that point, and they no doubt enjoyed
the day very much.
Miss Flynn has taken charge of the
house on Lemon street recently vacated
by Mr.. Lee, and will conduct it as first
class boarding house hereafter. The
house is centrally located, and it will be
conducted in such manner as to merit a
good patronage from the public.
The scholars of the Methodist Sunday
School, with their parents and friends,
will hold their annual May picnic at
Racy Point, to-day, the boats leaving
Capt. Lucas wharf at o'clock this
morning. About one hundred and fifty
people will go, and a happy time is an
ticipated by all.
Sanford is preparing already for
grand Fourth of July celebration, and
the people up there will make it day to
be remembered. So far. we have heard
of nothing to be done on that day except
the colored yacht club regatta We
hope other amusements will be arranged
for the day in Palatka-
A row of ornamental shade trees are
being placed on the outer edge of
the walk around the Putnam House.
The trees will add much to the beauty
and comfort of the house and streets,
and it is an improvement that could be
initiated with profit in all sections of the
city. We cannot have too many of
them.
Our city should be kept properly clean
during the summer months, if we would
preserve our reputation as a healthy
community. Every trash pile should be
burned or hauled away, and every place
where the germs of disease are likely to
generate, should be treated freely with
lime or carbolic acid. If we are to have
good health we must keep clean.
Capt. NJ. I. Coke has recently taken
charge of the Pavilion House, on the
corner of Second and Orange streets,
which he will conduct in the future as a
boarding house. He has had it thorough.
~ renovated and refurnished, and can
accommodate great number of guests.